Christmas on the frontier with a red automobile
A frontier captain loves speed in a red automobile and vies with Lieut. Burton for Miss Landers. The Christmas Eve dance at the fort ends with Burton's release and an invitation to a wedding as the clock tolls midnight.
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Adjt
Quilung
Wild Horse Canyon
Lieut. Burton
Miss Landers
Burton
Smoky Hill
Circle Bar Ranch
Circle Bar
Fort
Christmas Festival Reflections by William Rosser Cobbe
The essay weighs why Christmas stands as the greatest festival, tracing birth to crucifixion and resurrection. It links the nativity to ongoing gifts, maternal devotion, and the shaping of mercy, hope, and a higher civilization through Christ’s life and teachings.
Visitor asks about trouble over Christmas shopping
A humorous exchange shows a man attempting to buy Christmas gifts for his family while trying to please everyone. The keeper explains the comical conflict as a lighthearted domestic anecdote.
Night of the Shepherds and the Nativity in Bethlehem
The shepherds in the field are visited by an angel and a heavenly chorus praising God. They go to Bethlehem to find Mary and the baby Jesus in a manger, then spread the message to all who hear. The story ends with those who witnessed it reflecting on the events.
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Job
Jesus
Peter
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Heavenly Choir
Herod
Mary
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Christ
Calvary
Joseph
Arimathea
Pilate
David
Christ the Beard
Pethlevem
Scapegoat Quip on Santa Claus and Blame
A Chicago Daily Tribune quip questions telling children about Santa Claus, suggesting people blame others if gifts are not received. It frames fault as a social impulse to assign responsibility.
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Santa Claus
Chicago Daily Tribune
A Christmas Game from Country Life in America
A description of a old time party game called Christmas candles. A blindfolded player stands a foot from a lit candle, takes three steps forward, turns three times, then walks four steps toward the candle and blows it out. The scene aims to entertain the audience.
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America
His Surprise
A humorous exchange shows Johnny's reaction to a dollar gift from Uncle Hanks as he pretends to be dead after the joke and the judge comments in the panel.
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Johnny
Uncle Hanks
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Margaret
Charles M. Harger
Oak Ranch
Reverie
Ray Siusband
Browning
Morocco
Charlie
William Rosser Cobbe
Luke
Ives
Frank Walcott Hutt
Andersen
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